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Explain why baking soda, NaHCO3, is commonly used as an emergency safety remedy for lab spills that are acids or bases.

Support your answer by writing an equation for baking soda cast onto:
• a spill of NaOH(aq)
• a spill of H2SO4(aq)
Please help.

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Answer:

See baking soda is a base,so it neutralizes the acid.indomt know why with base

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